Show ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I I ore ON ON ONA ONA oreA A for Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Establishment Establishment of Tented City of Otisville N. N Y for the Poor Was True Philanthropy and Was the First Systematic Step I Co Copyright 1013 1113 by Star Company Company- Chris I real WEN VEN years year 3 ago 0 two S SEVEN t trans conceived tho the idea of at forming formin form terra in ing a society for tor tho the aid of oC dependent wives and chilI ehU chil I dren of oC men who are arc Infected with tuberculosis in tho the sanatoria and hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- of or New York City rhe These e two Christians were the tho RevRobert Rev Re Robert S S. Young and hi hia bj wife wite Having visited the tho great state tuberculosis tuberculosis tu tu- tu- tu institution at Otisville Now Now- York the they were impressed with the crying need nood of a pro society which would aid dependent families of ot tho the patients patient s in these tho largo argo Institutions Interesting tin Stanley Millspaugh paugh of at Middletown N N. Y Y a a. philanthropic c man of ot means they were able to obtain a a. large piece of la land d at New NewYork NewYork ew York where tents wore were erected and small smaIl houses in the neighborhood used Poor mothers and their children were removed cd from m overcrowded cd tone tene- I ment mont houses house in tho the city of Now New York I Ito to this earthly paradise near near tho the Shaw- Shaw aD mountains This was the tho first systematic pro pre i work ork for this class of Buffer Buffering ing women and children hildren in the United I States Tho The result wis was so o satisfactory that a permanent tent colon colony was established es cs es- es I l nt at Since Sinco this unostentatious unostentatious un un- un II ostentatious beginning Mr r. and Mrs Young have taken over 1800 mothers II and children from the unhappy and i un-i healthful conditions of or a crowded city into their colony It Jt has hai all been a labor of ot love lovo and its ib expenses havo o been entirely dependent upon voluntary voluntary voluntary volun tary contributions Dr Young says YS of this movement mo II There aro are three distinct reasons why this is tho the most important ro ro- or philanthropic work before tho people of New York Cit City First it is absolutely an economical l proposition for wo wc arc are keeping those women and anti children from hospitals where tho the taxpayers would ha have hare e to support thorn thom Secondly it is a selfish proposition for von yon and mo mo for or fia saved cd I I from con consumption protects your health and my mr health to that extent Thirdly it is js a most humanitarian and religious ious bus work fur for those these poor unfortunates arc are without help that really helps excepting ex cx- IX a as it cornea comes through systematic Ire work Tho multitude of ot rest homes for or poor mo mothers hers and children chil dren do not want nant them them and spurn purn the tho thon thought ht of receiving thorn thom prior prior to our pro efforts in in their behalf You see seo the proof of c consumption m being being be be- I in ing an infectious disease and medical science classifying it as such lIuch with the tho law relating to the control of or infectious diseases has caused much discrimination lion tion against these suffering ones First I th the the work has an absolutely unselfish origin oricin II Second the tho law Jaw relating w to the time control control control con con- of infectious diseases with ith the tho classification of consumption as an in infectious in- in di disease ea e has worked havoc to the tho homes of the city scourged ed by the disease Third it is an economical matter for tho the public 41 Fourth it is tho the most humanitarian work |